Clara’s Ghost is a family comedy that is a rare coming-of-age story for a middle-aged woman. Clara is a devoted…
Steven Knight is one of the most prolific screenwriters around. His films include Dirty, Pretty Things (for which he was…
Set in the Brussels club scene, State Like Sleep is a noir mystery about a young grieving widow named Katherine…
As writers, we can get so focused on outlining our spec scripts or rewriting our TV pilots that we can…
As screenwriters, many of us are attracted to unlikable protagonists. Also called antiheroes these characters go to dark places emotionally…
You may know screenwriter Beau Willimon as the creator of the American version of House of Cards, the hit Netflix…
As writers, it’s easy to rely on dialogue to tell the story. But often scripts include a lot more…
To upgrade or not to upgrade, that is the question. Every few years screenwriters ask themselves if they should upgrade…
It’s hard to believe that 2001: A Space Odyssey is 50 this year. Regarded as one of the best science…
Conflict is king when it comes to writing screenplays. While conflict must be present in every scene, only a few…
